EghtesadOnline: Bashmaq border crossing in the western Kurdestan Province’s Marivan County will be closed on June 15, at the request of the officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has reopened all its border crossings with Iraq’s Kurdish region, foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, said on Monday, after their closure over a controversial independence vote.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has warned companies against shipment of oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan “until further notice,” Iranian news agencies reported on Saturday.

EghtesadOnline: The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company in Kurdestan Province has exported more than 42 million liters of diesel to Iraqi Kurdistan region over the past year, the head of the company said.

EghtesadOnline: Authorities in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan have opposed exporting oil from the northern fields of Kirkuk via Iran, marking their first escalation of a spat which has started with secessionist calls.